New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-07
CALLING EACH OTHER LIARS
ANGRY WORDS IN THE PARK INQUIRY.
Mr.. POWERS SAYS Mr.. nIsss TELLS FALsEHooDs,

Mr. POWERS SAYS Mr. RIsse TELLS FALsEHOoDs,
AND THE LATTER RETURNS THE COMPLIMENT
Tho into the methods OF the Park Depart
nent was renewed yesterday at Commissioner smear
mans Office in the Stewart Building Contractor ei.ery
was recalled to make some further statements respecting
the value OF privileges for dumping earn III eon''"'
park On Monday Mr. slaery stated that several times
rarmss,on TO dump earth Park had been refused
10 HIM when Mr. Crimminss carts we're aiowed the
privilege at the place. One OF these places was
noo at seyenty and Eighh-ave., which was
being filled up and the Park wall was taken down 10
hermit the carts to enter. Mr.. Sherman asked:
Where Crmmin bring the stone and other material
Mt satteryUFrom sixty. sevsnthst between Eighth and
a@Whst would you paid ayard for the privilege dur
From Fifty nSthst between Smith aud Tenth ave-,
ess q %u%pns material sssn from Fly
csrtcd pool Central Park at ST. ana
would haul the stone
had 81 10 naa n0 them up 10 Eighty
and there s SsTs SS ans dumping
was ssoS Sq sTsn ana re- for
dumping has been valuable ana shs ps seS yard
for every yard OF filing dumped in the Park.
Louis A. Risse who for than ten years super
fepdent OF the third and twenty WaruS
was then examined by Mr. Shearnan Mr. Rise RESIGNED
from the oice last year. Before that time Park Comms
sioner Powers had made charges against hm, ana Mt
Bsekman who was then president OF the Park Board
stated that his resignation would be asked he gave an
account OF his duties while acting as superintendent OF
this district. and aed that he Is now employed as IN
by the Park n 10 ee OF the
department His salary Is paid to the Park DepartmenI
time while employed in the department taken private
contracts that he had used his office 70 innehre 'ne
Mr. Powers produced a copy of political circular and
said that employed by the department una S, h
visited Mr. Rises Office and finding numper OF men
there engaged in this work he ordered them TO DC %
In I'D
Board but il was refused MI. Rise denied that the
workmen had been employed Tor ths PuIose sl EneS
clared that II private matter that MI fo"es MIC"
nothing about
Mr. Risso te1cltcdy to Powers YOu are telling mali
eous fssehoods about You don't Know anything ABOUT
INF PowsTs-bd you work for the PORT Morris Land
ImIos%cn comoany Shc yOG yeTe I9 the employ
n Sr r' hs.e @d not never did any for private
parties during which engaged by tho Park
nr Powers you attending to other work ,o o.mo
ss nj i.: round s sGS father
discharge the mon. can explain the whole thing .
Mr. Risse then continued charging Mr. Powers with
having tried frequently get him discharged on account
Of personal luminosity but he was unable 70 40 So m MI
PARK Department and had charged him with using the
property Of the department fer his private WORK lie
want to rsht hero that these charges are absolutely
false Is the oauso OF the whole trouble ne was
;sT %S n Son Know THAT TIA, doS got
money tell mo how to told him that The Oaly way
Was sTsy. SS S me- but not
Mr. powrrs-I sstonshed IN my llle lhan
nj these statements OF Mr. Risse There no truth m tho
never snd word 10 him life about money nave
worked my life and saved money but ne'er made
n dishonest penny. I arrested IN my
life was never charged with dishonesty before A pubic
oicer tried 10 the ctys interest as wond NY
own and when anything e1trayagsnt AMI wrong
ihave spoken against somehow people seem TO tnk
n IL Ali right politics When asked TOT
an the Park Board the Board turned around
and passed n vOt To- u l don't know whv
shsuld self about these things but can phR
eerneatss Of my character and hone, IN ms sS'
trouble aud he II not IN my FAVOR
but what this man asonshed That he
shoud repeat bare school before many people
Mr. sherman said that there had been enough OF this
Kind of testimony and Mr.. WOOlson. superintendent OF
the Park gardens then examined The investigation
was then adjourned until next Monday.